Publisher's Synopsis
Have you've ever wondered if you can keep an octopus in a private home? Do you spend your time thinking about how much Napoleon's brain weighed? If so, 'Peculiar Questions and Practical Answers' is the book for you. The New York Public Library has been fielding questions like these ever since it was founded in 1895. Of course, some of the questions have left the librarians scratching their heads. The staff of the NYPL has dug through the archives to find thoughtful and often witty answers to over 100 of the oddest, funniest, and most whimsical questions the library has received since it began record-keeping over 75 years ago.
